#metroidvania — Public Fediverse posts

Although the visualizer is still a bit rough, I've put together an index page where you can now download maps/stats, but also go straight to visualizations of exploration traces for the games I've been mapping (mostly Metroidvanias). The visualizer doesn't show multiple links or complex requirements well yet, and layouts are a challenge. But you can click around and see stuff, and the CSV files have interesting stats now (just submitted a paper for EXAG 2026 talking about metrics for discrete exploration games).

https://cs.wellesley.edu/~pmwh/mvmap/maps/

#Games #GameDesign #Metroidvania #Maps

New review! 403 - The Third Sin

2026, Metroidvania, PC
D: The Game Kitchen | P: Team17

This week Ellie returns to Cvstodia and to the mysterious Castle of the Mists as the Penitent One follows a voice in his mind, urging him to break the Miracle's hold on one cursed couple.

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/the-third-sin/

#videogames #gaming #indiegame #metroidvania #review #blog #writing

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#gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania

#HotTake on #VideoGames: I agree that we should stop calling #AdventureGames that lean heavily into their ability-gaining elements #Metroidvania games. The name implies similarities to #Metroid and #Castlevania that might not be there, and also that they invented elements which were also in the original #Zelda, #Adventure, and many other 80s adventure games.

Generally speaking, gaining abilities to access new areas is one of those true-to-life elements. It'd be like calling every arcade racing game an "F-Zero clone" or every First Person Shooter a "Doom Clone" when even Wolfenstein was far from the original FPS.

#HotTake on #VideoGames: I agree that we should stop calling #AdventureGames that lean heavily into their ability-gaining elements #Metroidvania games. The name implies similarities to #Metroid and #Castlevania that might not be there, and also that they invented elements which were also in the original #Zelda, #Adventure, and many other 80s adventure games.

Generally speaking, gaining abilities to access new areas is one of those true-to-life elements. It'd be like calling every arcade racing game an "F-Zero clone" or every First Person Shooter a "Doom Clone" when even Wolfenstein was far from the original FPS.

#HotTake on #VideoGames: I agree that we should stop calling #AdventureGames that lean heavily into their ability-gaining elements #Metroidvania games. The name implies similarities to #Metroid and #Castlevania that might not be there, and also that they invented elements which were also in the original #Zelda, #Adventure, and many other 80s adventure games.

Generally speaking, gaining abilities to access new areas is one of those true-to-life elements. It'd be like calling every arcade racing game an "F-Zero clone" or every First Person Shooter a "Doom Clone" when even Wolfenstein was far from the original FPS.

#HotTake on #VideoGames: I agree that we should stop calling #AdventureGames that lean heavily into their ability-gaining elements #Metroidvania games. The name implies similarities to #Metroid and #Castlevania that might not be there, and also that they invented elements which were also in the original #Zelda, #Adventure, and many other 80s adventure games.

Generally speaking, gaining abilities to access new areas is one of those true-to-life elements. It'd be like calling every arcade racing game an "F-Zero clone" or every First Person Shooter a "Doom Clone" when even Wolfenstein was far from the original FPS.

#HotTake on #VideoGames: I agree that we should stop calling #AdventureGames that lean heavily into their ability-gaining elements #Metroidvania games. The name implies similarities to #Metroid and #Castlevania that might not be there, and also that they invented elements which were also in the original #Zelda, #Adventure, and many other 80s adventure games.

Generally speaking, gaining abilities to access new areas is one of those true-to-life elements. It'd be like calling every arcade racing game an "F-Zero clone" or every First Person Shooter a "Doom Clone" when even Wolfenstein was far from the original FPS.

... Things go scrings

Fanart of Scringles from #StardustDemon, a #metroidvania with precise platforming challenge rooms and charming unusual writing

And Scringles

Gave me nostalgic vibes about Cave Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815500/Stardust_Demon/

#Furry #Fanart #FurryArt #MastoArt #MastoArtist #GameRecommendations #IndieGames

... Things go scrings

Fanart of Scringles from #StardustDemon, a #metroidvania with precise platforming challenge rooms and charming unusual writing

And Scringles

Gave me nostalgic vibes about Cave Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815500/Stardust_Demon/

#Furry #Fanart #FurryArt #MastoArt #MastoArtist #GameRecommendations #IndieGames

... Things go scrings

Fanart of Scringles from #StardustDemon, a #metroidvania with precise platforming challenge rooms and charming unusual writing

And Scringles

Gave me nostalgic vibes about Cave Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815500/Stardust_Demon/

#Furry #Fanart #FurryArt #MastoArt #MastoArtist #GameRecommendations #IndieGames

... Things go scrings

Fanart of Scringles from #StardustDemon, a #metroidvania with precise platforming challenge rooms and charming unusual writing

And Scringles

Gave me nostalgic vibes about Cave Story
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815500/Stardust_Demon/

#Furry #Fanart #FurryArt #MastoArt #MastoArtist #GameRecommendations #IndieGames

🩸✨ A little more gameplay from Vampire’s Veil!
Selene moves through the shadows of Haven Thorn with a beauty as dangerous as the night itself. 🌙🦇

#VampiresVeil #Metroidvania #PixelArt #IndieGame #Gameplay #DarkFantasy
#メトロイドヴァニア #ヴァンパイア #インディーゲーム #ドット絵 #ダークファンタジー

Give me a #MetroidPrime5 that delves into the following:

The GF Squad was always working for #Sylux.

Now you know why the missed shots, why these four "held" Sylux in the climax to let Samus escape. There is a reason, and Metroid Prime 5 could tell it.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #Metroidvania #Nintendo #RetroStudios #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4Beyond

I always recommend to play Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid Prime to start on the #Metroid franchise.

If you like Zero mission: Super Metroid (redux), then Metroid: Samus Returns, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Dread.

If you like Prime: Prime 2 Echoes, Prime 3 Corruption.

The rest of Metroid games only amount to a YouTube summary and a post on BlueSky.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Nintendo #Metroidvania #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime4Beyond

Découvrez notre preview de Fallen Tear : The Ascension, un metroidvania 2D, développé par Winter Crew Studios et édité par CMD Studios.

https://www.gaming-family.com/preview-fallen-tear-the-ascension-metroidvania/

#FallenTearTheAscension #jeuxvideo #jeuindé #indiegame #metroidvania #gaming

Recently 100% #MetroidPrime4Beyond.

As with "that one", I'm glad I can move on from this boring ass game.

✅ 100% Metroid Zero Mission
✅ 100% Metroid Prime 🤩
✅ 100% Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 🤩
✅ 100% Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
✅ 100% Metroid: Samus Returns
✅ 100% Super Metroid 🤩
✅ 100% "That one" 🤮
✅ 100% Metroid Prime 4: Beyond 🤮
✅ 100% Metroid Fusion
✅ 100% Metroid Dread 🤩

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #Nintendo #RetroStudios #NintendoSwitch #MetroidPrime4 #Switch #Metroidvania

Fallen Tear: The Ascension trae acción metroidvania centrada en aliados a Steam Early Access

https://powerups.es/fallen-tear-the-ascension-trae-accion-metroidvania-centrada-en-aliados-a-steam-early-access/

#IndieGames #Noticias #CMDStudios #FallenTearTheAscension #metroidvania #SteamEarlyAccess

I'll always favor the last version rather than the first in #MetroidPrime.

The first looks like somebody good the thing right, but is too oversized.

The one in Metroid Prime looks like someone is on the suit, like someone made the ultimate cosplay.

#Videogames #Games #Gaming #Metroid #Metroidvania #MetroidPrimeRemaster #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime4Beyond #RetroStudios #CharacterDesign #Design

#MetroidPrime is not "dead".

https://medium.com/p/9c7a3755769f/

Their newer sales numbers are not to brag about, given how much #Nintendo invested on the game alone across two studios.

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-silent-on-metroid-prime-4-beyond-sales-prompting-fan-concern-over-the-series-future

I believe the next #MetroidPrime5 will not have a huge investment in development. Who knows if they pivot to Unreal Engine 5 to keep costs down instead of their own engine + training.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #MetroidPrime4Beyond #Metroidvania #FPS #Adventure #Switch #Switch2

This shit *HAS* to be a mistake.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #Nintendo #Metroidvania #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime4Beyond #RetroStudios

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond should have been renamed to...

Samus: Combat Evolved

I'll die on this hill.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MetroidPrime4 #Metroid #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4Beyond #Metroidvania #RetroStudios #Halo #HaloCE #HaloCombatEvolved #FPS #Action #Adventure #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2 #Switch #Switch2

Metroid Prime:
Destroy the Great Poison

Metroid Prime 2:
Rescue the Luminoth

Metroid Prime 3:
Destroy the Phazon planet

Metroid Prime 4:

🥴 mAkE tHe LaMoRn nOt bE fOrGotEn 🥴

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime4Beyond #MetroidPrime #Metroidvania #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2 #Switch2 #RetroStudios #FPS #Action #Adventure

Nice find by BeatEmUps channel:

#MetroidPrime4Beyond was created by a bunch of guys who made:

1. THE WORST HALO
2. THE SECOND WORST HALO, and
3. THE THIRD WORST HALO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3gqa7ptEAM

🔥 More fuel to the fire 🔥

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Nintendo #RetroStudios #Halo #NintendoSwitch #Switch #Switch2 #NintendoSwitch2 #Metroidvania #Metroid #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4 #BeatEmUps #YouTube #Video #Essay #Review #Halo4 #Halo5 #HaloInfinite

So I played #MetroidPrime4 past weekend.

It bored me after the lazo upgrade. I just went to check a let's play, saw the ending on YouTube, and move on.

I believe I'm ready to shit on #Highguard once it releases, not before playing #Dispatch now that it's complete.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #Metroidvania #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4Beyond #NintendoSwitch #Switch #NintendoSwitch2 #Switch2 #Action #FPS

Nerrel hits the nail right in the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1nKnPICRHQ

#MetroidPrime4Beyond is the least #Metroid of the franchise, second to *that one*.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroid #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4 #Metroidvania #Nintendo #RetroStudios #NintendoSwitch #Switch #NintendoSwitch2 #Switch2 #YouTube #Review #GameReview #Video

«No #MetroidPrime can be worst than Other M»

Well... be careful what you wish for.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Metroidvania #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2 #Switch #Switch2 #MetroidPrime #MetroidPrime4 #MetroidPrime4Beyond #RetroStudios #FPS #Shooter #Action #Adventure

I've gone live! Don't be a dingus! Come Check it out!

Megabonk and Sliksong!

#owncast #streaming #gaming #dingus #videogames #linux #mask #selfhosted #chicago #videogames #indie #megabonk #survivor #update #meme #hollowknight #silksong #metroidvania

https://dingusmacdongle.live

I managed to complete the gauntlet at the High Halls on #Silksong after about 40 minutes of trying again and again! :P

#Metroidvania #Games2025

I've played #Silksong for almost 43 hours

I found my way to the High Halls and got to the gauntlet there, struggling a bit to beat it but it shouldn't be too bad with the needle upgrade I got and the cogflies :P

#Games2025 #Metroidvania

I've played #Silksong for 40 hours now, still exploring and such.

I beat Trobbio at last and I've found my second needle upgrade and the first melody.

Also helped a town and now I have my own little house ^^

#Games2025 #Metroidvania

So I'm facing against Trobbio now in #Silksong, gave up on the Deep Docks exploration (I have a feeling a double jump will make all of it much easier later)

Haven't won yet, but I can see the path to victory, and I shall take it later in the weekend.

#Games2025 #Metroidvania

Ori Returns! #Mastodon #YouTube #TBGN #TwoBrosGameNight #OlderBro #YoungerBro #OriandtheWilloftheWisps #Ori2 #Ori #Stream #PC #MoonStudios #newseries #announcement #videogames #gaming #playthrough #metroidvania #September #Monday #post #link #playlist @TBGN_Older_Bro

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVoPQdxs8RLI7LONZy2GXeY50KVxpiEr

Acción para llevar, Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree anuncia su fecha para Nintendo Switch

https://powerups.es/accion-para-llevar-mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-anuncia-su-fecha-para-nintendo-switch/

#Noticias #KinghtsPeak #MandragoraWhispersOfTheWitchTree #metroidvania #PrimalGameStudio #RPG

🩸✨ The demo is live! ✨🩸

Embrace the darkness, defeat the hunters, and save your family.
Selene’s fight begins — are you ready? 🦇💀
Play now on Steam!

#VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #PixelArt #GameDev #SteamDemo #IndieDev #探索アクション #メトロイドヴァニア

🩸✨ The demo is live! ✨🩸

Embrace the darkness, defeat the hunters, and save your family.
Selene’s fight begins — are you ready? 🦇💀
Play now on Steam!

#VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #PixelArt #GameDev #SteamDemo #IndieDev #探索アクション #メトロイドヴァニア

Just a little peek at the new updates! 👀
A lot of exciting stuff is coming soon — stay tuned!
#VampiresVeil #metroidvania #indiegame #gamedev #メトロイドヴァニア #インディーゲーム #ゲーム開発 #ヴァンパイアズヴェイル

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree – Análisis

https://powerups.es/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-analisis/

#Anlisis #KinghtsPeak #MandragoraWhispersOfTheWitchTree #metroidvania #PrimalGameStudio #RPG

🦇 Thank You for 4,000 Wishlists!

We’re truly grateful for all the support! Every wishlist means the world to us and helps Vampire’s Veil grow. Thank you for being part of this journey!

#VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #GameDev #Steam #Wishlist

Relax, it’s not what you think! 😆 This is just a fun experiment to see how a manga page would look—no plans (for now). Just having a bit of fun! 🖤📖✨

#VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #GameDev #PixelArt #Manga #インディーゲーム #ヴァンパイア

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree – Impresiones

https://powerups.es/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-impresiones/

#Artculos #KinghtsPeak #MandragoraWhispersOfTheWitchTree #metroidvania #PrimalGameStudio #RPG

Updated animations! ✨ We've refined the save animation and the Crystal Fragment that unlocks the Vampiric Dash! 🦇💨

What do you think of the new effects? Let us know! 👀

🔗 Wishlist on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3512750/Vampires_Veil/?beta=0

#VampiresVeil #Metroidvania #WishlistOnSteam #ゲーム

Our Steam page is live! 🎉🔥 Vampire’s Veil is now on Steam! Help us by adding it to your wishlist! 🦇❤️

🔗 Wishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3512750/Vampires_Veil/?beta=0

#VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #WishlistOnSteam #ゲーム #インディーゲーム

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree estrena un nuevo y cautivador título que marca el comienzo de un vasto universo de fantasía

https://powerups.es/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-estrena-un-nuevo-y-cautivador-titulo-que-marca-el-comienzo-de-un-vasto-universo-de-fantasia/

#IndieGames #Noticias #KinghtsPeak #MandragoraWhispersOfTheWitchTree #metroidvania #PrimalGameStudio #RPG

It’s been a bit quiet, but we’re still hard at work! 🦇✨ Here’s a new Selene artwork to keep the blood flowing while we prepare more updates for Vampire’s Veil! Stay tuned! 🔥 #VampiresVeil #IndieGame #Metroidvania #GameDev #ヴァンパイア #ゲーム制作 #インディーゲーム

Here's a quick look at the gameplay for the first area, the Alchemist's Library, alongside an enchanting preview of its theme composed by
@_ManuelComposer
.🎶🦇🧙‍♀️

#IndieGameDev #Metroidvania #PixelArt #GameMusic #VampiresVeil #GameDevProgress #探索アクション #ゲーム音楽 #ドット絵

The Plague Alchemist strikes! 🔥🧪
Watch out for his deadly fire attack, spreading flames across the ground. The Alchemist's Library just got a whole lot more dangerous.

#IndieGameDev #Metroidvania #PixelArt #GameEnemies #VampiresVeil #GameDev #ゲーム開発 #ドット絵 #インディーゲーム

‪Vampire's Veil‬ ‪@vampiresveil.bsky.social‬
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Meet the Plague Alchemist! 🧪💀
The final unique enemy from the Alchemist's Library area is ready! Now we move on to the next areas for more challenges. Stay tuned for more updates!

#IndieGameDev

#Metroidvania

#PixelArt

#GameEnemies

#VampiresVeil

#GameDev

#ゲーム開発

#ドット絵

Magic Shot Incoming! 🧙‍♀️ This Apprentice Witch has a flair for the dramatic—and a love for classic anime! 🎥🔥 did you catch the reference?

#IndieDev #PixelArt #anime_girls #GameEnemies #VampiresVeil #Metroidvania #AnimeArt #gamergirl #探索アクション #魔法の図書館 #ゲーム開発

New Foe Revealed!Meet the Apprentice Witch, a cunning enemy lurking in the depths of the Magical Library. Don’t let her inexperience fool you—she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve! Are you ready to face her?
#IndieDev #PixelArt #VampiresVeil #Metroidvania #IndieGameDev #ゲーム開発